November 2025

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord gets free patch alongside War Sails DLC that’s so big, the 17,000 word update run more than twice the length of Age of Empires 2’s ‘legendarily long’ patch notes

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Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord’s War Sails expansion landed on the base game’s unassuming shores earlier today, adding fully simulated naval battles to Taleworld’s medieval RPG. Yet even if you’re not interested in crewing a longship with a raiding party to terrorise the coastlines, there’s plenty of reason to consider diving back into Mount &…

Pikmin Bloom’s New Gold Seedling Delivery Has A Mysterious ‘Close To You’ Connection

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Short and sweet. Remember Nintendo’s short film, Close to You? The adorable baby animation with which the company kept us on tenterhooks for three days straight as it drip-fed us information about its context? Well, it looks like it’ll be cropping up again, this time in an upcoming Pikmin Bloom event. As of tomorrow (27th…

Indie Selects for November 2025 (and More Cool Things!)

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Category: Games November 26, 2025 Indie Selects for November 2025 (and More Cool Things!) By Raymond Estrada, Steven Allen, Deron Mann, Jun Shen Chia, Jessica Ronnell, Oscar Polanco – ID@Xbox Sweater Weather Crew Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that…

This New Mega Man X6 Fan Reimagining Aims To Fix One Of The Series’s Most Disappointing Entries

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“Mega Man X Viral Nightmare” is a new project from Cat Yard Games. When people rank their favourite Mega Man X games, the PS1 title Mega Man X6 usually winds up appearing towards the bottom of the list. Released in 2001 (or 2002 if you live in Europe), the sixth entry in the Mega Man…

The ROG Xbox Ally now has tailored per-game profiles and I never thought I’d say it but as a SteamOS user I’m quite jealous

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The Asus ROG Xbox Ally is one of our favourite handheld gaming PCs, and it would easily sit in the top spot if it weren’t for a couple of things: price, and the existence of SteamOS handhelds. On the latter front, though, Microsoft seems to be doing what it can to improve the new handheld-oriented…

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for December: LEGO Horizon Adventures, Killing Floor 3, The Outlast Trials, more

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To mark the year’s end and to start the holiday celebrations early, we’re pleased to make December’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup a special one, with additional bonus titles available to PS Plus members* in select regions. Hunt machines as you save the Earth from an ancient digital demon, battle frenzied swarms of bioengineered creatures,…

I’m impatiently waiting for Fallout Season 2 by calculating the odds of my favorite New Vegas characters making an appearance

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Fallout Season 2 begins December 17, and we’re so excited it feels like we’ve been huffing Jet. We’re going to Vegas, baby: the location of the best Fallout RPG (and one of the best classic RPGs of all time), and we’re ready to see what Sin City looks like 20 years after the events of…

PSA: NES Classics Have Had A CRT Filter Overhaul In Latest Switch Online Update

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We CRT what you did there. As we already reported earlier today, the NES and Game Boy Classics apps have both now been absorbed into the new — and very tidy — ‘Classics’ department with the new Nintendo Switch Online app updates, making everything nice and streamlined for retro gaming fans to dive into. Besides…

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ARC Raiders: Review of the new multiplayer hit

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The phrase ‘industry veterans’ has long been a meme — when newly opened studios use it in their advertising campaigns, their releases often disappoint. Embark Studios is not one of them — it was founded by people who worked on various parts of Battlefield, and their debut joint project, THE FINALS, was a huge hit….

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Why gamers and casino players share the same cognitive triggers

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The psychological boundary between video gaming and casino play appears more blurred than many realise. Both forms of entertainment leverage remarkably similar neurological pathways to capture and maintain user attention. From the chemical reactions in our brains to the design principles employed by developers, these seemingly distinct activities share fundamental mechanisms that explain their compelling…

“That’s My Fault” – If This Elder Scrolls’ Dungeon Made You Want To “Tear Your Eyes Out”, Here’s Who To Blame

The creator of Stephen’s Sausage Roll has released a new puzzle-platformer where you play as an egg, in the latest example of a developer fallen to the sunny side

Q*Bert – An Arcade classic is coming to the Amstrad CPC Plus, with a beta now available!

Throwback XCOM successor Xenonauts 2 leaves early access in April, though the developer says the milestone ‘doesn’t mean our work is done’

Random Game Saturday: Macross M3 (Sega Dreamcast) – A Game I Hate To Love

Feature: What Naughty Dog Did Was Inexcusable” – Crash Bandicoot And Jak & Daxter Artist Charles Zembillas On Why Independence Is The Key

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord gets free patch alongside War Sails DLC that’s so big, the 17,000 word update run more than twice the length of Age of Empires 2’s ‘legendarily long’ patch notes

Pikmin Bloom’s New Gold Seedling Delivery Has A Mysterious ‘Close To You’ Connection

Indie Selects for November 2025 (and More Cool Things!)

This New Mega Man X6 Fan Reimagining Aims To Fix One Of The Series’s Most Disappointing Entries

The ROG Xbox Ally now has tailored per-game profiles and I never thought I’d say it but as a SteamOS user I’m quite jealous

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for December: LEGO Horizon Adventures, Killing Floor 3, The Outlast Trials, more

I’m impatiently waiting for Fallout Season 2 by calculating the odds of my favorite New Vegas characters making an appearance

PSA: NES Classics Have Had A CRT Filter Overhaul In Latest Switch Online Update

ARC Raiders: Review of the new multiplayer hit

Why gamers and casino players share the same cognitive triggers